Names / Girl names
Galena
Current rank
#11,260
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,502
in 1902
First recorded
1902
in U.S. data
Children named
225
since 1902
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,502 in 1902 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Galena first shows up in American naming records in 1902, where it reads as a girls' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 225 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.